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Caprifoliaceae
Himalayan Honeysuckle
Leycesteria formosa
Exotic allure and adventure.
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Leycesteria
- Native to
- Himalaya, Southwestern China
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Type
- shrub
- Height
- 5-8 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- moist, well-drained, fertile
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 7-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The drooping clusters of white flowers surrounded by dark claret bracts resemble Chinese lanterns.
- The purple-black berries taste like toffee or burnt caramel, earning it the nickname 'chocolate berry.'
- Pheasants love the berries so much that it is also called the pheasant berry plant.
- It was named after William Leycester, a chief judge in colonial Bengal who was a keen botanist.
- In New Zealand and Australia, it has become an invasive weed that smothers native forest understory.
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